The Best Of Mission: Impossible Then And Now - Music From The Original Television Soundtracks [Soundtrack]

John E. Davis, Lalo Schifrin, Mission: Impossible (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 1, 1992)
• Original Release Date: May 22, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: GNP Crescendo Records
• ASIN: B000001P13
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,809 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #1 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > Television Soundtracks
  • #22 in Music > Indie Music > Soundtracks > General

Track Listings

1. Mission: Impossible Main Title

2. Suite From 'The Contender' Pt. 1: The Plot

3. Ready

4. Rollin

5. Time

6. Sleeping Phelps

7. Suite From'Submarine': More Plot

8. Mission:Impossible Theme

9. Suite: From 'The Killer': Bower Hotel

10. Check Out Time

11. The Trick

12. Suite From 'Takeover': Signal Light

13. Kate Thomas

14. Suite From 'Underground': Tape Machine

15. Good Job

16. Mission: Impossible End Credit

17. Mission: Impossible '88 Main Title

18. Suite From 'The Plague': Tricky Ears

19. This Is The Chase

20. Suite From 'The Bayou': Croc Bait

See all 34 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent but incomplete!, April 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best Of Mission: Impossible Then And Now - Music From The Original Television Soundtracks (Audio CD)

This excellent collection of tracks and stings from the series suffers from one complaint: MORE! While encompassing the major themes from both the new and old series (including the frequently neglected 1970-1973 seasons) in good quality and selection, it lacks some of the more distinctive themes from the later years of the old series (particularly egregious is that "The Killer" only has some of the themes included; the pulse-pounding climax theme is horrifyingly absent). The live recording of the Mission theme is also somewhat badly recorded. However, the Peter Graves interview is a must for any M:I fan, and this is the only place you'll get the thumping bang-boom of the excellently synthesized new series. Moreover, what themes of the old series are here, are fabulous. If you like the series, buy this album.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unmissable., January 9, 2006

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Chris Knight (Pacific Tech, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of Mission: Impossible Then And Now - Music From The Original Television Soundtracks (Audio CD)

Crescendo has done their usual good job in assembling this material. Unlike Lalo Schifrin's "Music from" album, which was really a "Music as originally composed for" album that in some cases bore little relation to what was used on the show, this disc was apparently made from the same tapes that went into the actual TV show soundtrack.

One interesting effect of that: The recording for the original series was done in *monaural!* So that's what this disc is, until you get to the tracks for the 90's series. Oh well.

The track lineup comprises a number of "suites" of music cues from various episodes, some short, some long. Together the tracks form a good representative sample of the actual, on-screen music of M:I over the years. Furthermore they fit together well in a sequence, leaving with you the impression that you were actually listening to a few episodes; you somehow just missed the dialog.

There is an interesting interview with Peter Graves (conducted before the execrable Tom Cruise movies) and a horribly recorded take of Lalo Schifrin conducting a symphony orchestra in the M:I theme. Both IMO are wasted track space that should have gone to more selections of authentic M:I music. Because of them, if I could have given this disc 4.5 stars, I would have; as it is, they don't detract enough to take a '5' down to a '4'.

If you were a fan of the original series -- and who wasn't? -- this disc is just too much fun not to have. There will be a run on it when the original series comes out on DVD this year. Buy it now.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A rich variation of a popular score/ TV series, August 19, 2009

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A. G. Dharmadasa (COLOMBO-07, wp Sri Lanka) - See all my reviews
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If you like the 60's tv series the it's a given you will not be dissapointed by the cd. Also there is a very very ultra cool live version of the theme. Simply magic.